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Our planes are now ‘big flying mobile devices’ and top hacking targets

A rapid increase in the power and scale of cyberattacks has affected industries worldwide and the aviation sector is no exception.

We’ve begun to skim the top of what a successful cyberattack against a player in the aviation industry can achieve. In 2015, for example, LOT was forced to cancel 10 flights and delay over a dozen after a successful cyberattack was launched against the Polish airline’s ground systems.

We’ve also seen passport control systems disrupted at Istanbul’s Ataturk and Sabiha Gokcen airports and earlier this year, cyberattackers were able to hijack flight information screens and sound systems inside Vietnam’s Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports to display their own political messages.

FPGAs are shaping the computing platforms of the future

Steven Woo, VP of Systems and Solutions at Rambus, recently penned an article for Semiconductor Engineering about how FPGAs are helping to shape the computing platforms of the future.

As Woo notes, Moore’s Law, which helped fuel a relentless progression in computing performance, has been an important semiconductor industry mainstay for decades. However, Moore’s Law is waning, with an end on the horizon due to a combination of physical limitations and economic factors.

Amazon eyes a new shopping paradigm with Go

Amazon is currently beta testing a new type of brick-and-mortar store that replaces the traditional checkout lines and registers with a Just Walk Out Shopping experience. Shoppers simply load up the Amazon Go app upon entering the store, take the products they want and go.

“Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning,” Amazon explained in a company blog post.

Smart sensors go lensless for smart cities

Gale Morrison of Semiconductor Engineering recently penned an article about the various challenges associated with building smart cities of the future. As Morrison notes, governments around the globe are beginning to tap into a world of connected devices and sensors for reasons ranging from cheaper lighting to less traffic, lower crime and improved air quality.

Securing the Internet of Things starts with transistors

Asaf Ashkenazi, senior director of product management in Rambus’ Security Division, has penned an article for Semiconductor Engineering about the six “Strategic Principles” for securing the Internet of Things (IoT) outlined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Perhaps the most important of these principles, says Ashkenazi, is the concept of implementing security at the design phase, with the DHS recommending the use of hardware that incorporates security features to strengthen the protection and integrity of a device. This includes leveraging computer chips that integrate security at the transistor level – embedded in the processor itself – to provide encryption and anonymity.

Biometric security and the future of mobile payments

According to Patrick Moorhead, Principal Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, security has become one of the “biggest issues” in today’s technologically-connected society.

“We use mobile devices to transfer money, pay bills and even to share our health information. Nevertheless, most users don’t want to spend a great deal of time thinking about the security of their device. They expect security to be seamlessly integrated into any technology they use,” he explains.

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